The Effectiveness of Breathing Meditation and Progressive Relaxation Training in Reducing Pain and Stress among Young Nursing Professionals
M. Nagaraj
December 8, 2016 DOI: 10.18535/jmscr/v4i12.24 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Pre-post intervention study |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 30 |
| Population | Nursing professionals from a corporate hospital who reported pain and stress |
| Intervention | Breathing exercise |
| Duration | 15-20 minutes twice daily for 12 days |
| Measures | Stress Level Questionnaire, Visual Analogue Pain Scale |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | Breathing exercises and Bernstein and Borkovec's progressive relaxation training significantly reduced pain and stress in young nursing professionals, based on pre-post comparisons. |
Abstract
1 Ph.D.-(F.T.) Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Periyar University, Salem Tamilnadu 2 Clinical psychologist, Spastic centre, Trichy, Tamilnadu ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of a group of nursing professionals who suffer from pain and stress and whether any relationship exists between time of evalution and severity of the problem. By simple random sampling method a sample of 30 nursing professionals was selected from a corporate hospital. Stress Level Questionnaire and Visual Analogue Pain Scale were used to measure the pain. Before data collection the purpose and benefits of Breathing exercise and Bernstein & Borkovec’s PRT were explained to the experimental group. After measuring the pre-training scores for pain and stress, the sample was trained to practice Breathing exercise and Bernstein and Borkovec’s relaxation to induce relaxation. This training was done (15-20 minutes) twice daily for 12 days. The results revealed that the breathing exercise and Bernstein and Borkovec’s progressive relaxation training, pain and stress of young nursing professionals are significantly reduced.
Comparable studies
Other non-randomized and open-label trials on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Relation to Quality of Life, Mood, Symptoms of Stress, and Immune Parameters in Breast and Prostate Cancer Outpatients Early-stage breast and prostate cancer patients | 2003 | Pre-post intervention study | n = 59 |
| Exploring self‐compassion and empathy in the context of mindfulness‐based stress reduction (MBSR) Community sample | 2010 | Pre-post intervention study | |
| Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Lowers Psychological Distress In Medical Students Second-year medical students | 2003 | Prospective nonrandomized cohort-controlled study | n = 302 |
| Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators. Retreat participants and matched controls | 2011 | Controlled trial with wait-list control group | n = 60 |
| The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training for Children with ADHD and Mindful Parenting for their Parents Children aged 8-12 with ADHD and their parents | 2011 | Within-group waitlist controlled trial | n = 22 |
Citations in the library
Cites 2
- Stress Reduction through Mindfulness Meditation Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics February 18, 2010
- An outpatient program in behavioral medicine for chronic pain patients based on the practice of mindfulness meditation: theoretical considerations and preliminary results. General Hospital Psychiatry April 1, 1982